Yo! C77 Board alert : Bicycle Thief

Sometimes competing corporations coincidentally launch similar products at the same time, and sometimes they "coincidentally" launch similar products at the same time. Is it an honest coincidence, designer's paranoia, or the case of blatant "Inspiration?" Longtime poster slippyfish outs his nemesis on the Core77 boards. Check out the fully story, weigh in with your take, and feel free to post up other coincidences. . . Or "coincidences."

From the Coroflot Portfolio of: Damian MackiewiczFeatured Project: LimaA prick of the pin for a drop of blood isn't so simple for diabetics with hemophobia--it's more like a starring role in the "Saw" trilogy. Damian Mackiewicz, an an industrial design student from the University of Applied Science in Schwaebisch Gmuend,...

From the Coroflot portfolio of : Rafael MorganFeatured Project : Hope TableIt's not very often that we find a designer who's designed something for, well, other designers--but Rafael Morgan's said "to hell with that" by designing the Hope Table, a reminder to young designers that someday, someone will really get...

Peter Merholz tours us through some of the most successful companies and how they focus on the interaction with the user, arguing that good designers create experiences, not products. Here's a taste:
When you start with the idea of making a thing, you're artificially limiting what you can deliver. The reason...

Bruce Tharp sends in his impressions from this year's Gravity Free Conference, held in Chicago at the W Hotel. Here's a taste:The true joy of the Gravity Free conference was that it was not an "exhibition design" conference at all, but instead drew upon a wealth of other peripheral fields...